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THE MESSAGE
L. A. Bird, Local Editor.
THURSDAY. NOV. 30, 1809.
Felix Arnall is sick with typhoid
fever at his home in West Mexico.
Air tight O ik stoves, Jewel und
8uperior sol I on trial.
Ferris & Caul hoi u.
Homer Ail.nm h,i8 resigned his
position at the "Globe" and re
turned to hi home in Laddonia.
Carving sets, turkey roasters,
sansage mills, Superior co .king
stoves. Kerr's & Cuuthorii
W. M. Jesse, of Hush Hill, is
the new salesman in the general
store of J. II. Wayne in Benton
City.
Clay .Shepherd and wife of this
city, have moved to Louisiana. Mr.
Shepherd has a position with the
La Cross Lumber Co.
Genuine Superior cooking and
beating Move. Si e p rapes on the
door before buying, G3 years on the
market. Thy a e mud of A qual
ity of iron 1' erris & Cunt horn.
The revival meeting at the Mex
ico Baptist church, conducted by
the pastor, Dr. Porter, is gather
ing interest daily. May it accom
plish a great good.
Fprris & Cauthorn, Sau'a Fe,
Mo. Gentlemen: I bought a Su
perior cook stove in 1878; it has
been in constant us ami hm never
cost Cc for repair. Heap.,
W. B. Hanna.
Ladies, all of Mrs. Derrick's
goods in Laddouia are being sold
below cost. She will not carry
,pver hats, jackets, capes or col
laretts. Now is your time to get
bargains.
Two WelUville parties, a man
and woman came to Mexico this
week on the train but wer met at
" the dep')t and commanded to re
turn, on account of the smallpox
quarantine
Miss Addie Hale, of near Lad
donia. and Miss Annie Miller, of
near Rush Hill, are attending school
in Mexico. The Mexico schools
are anions the best in the West
and they draw.
An old friend down in Massachu
setts writes ns: "Allow me to
congratulate yon on the Message
Good paper. Hope you will make
a snccess of the new venture: I be
lieve vou will."
Rosalie, the little six months old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. II
Field, just east of Mexico, died
Sundav night of pneumouia. The
funeral was preached Monday by
Elder S. I). Butcher.
The flag on the Mexico post
office was at half-mast from 2 to 4
o'clock last Saturday afternoon, at
which hour occurerd the funeral
of Vice-President Garrett A. Ho
bart at his home in Patterson, New
Jersey.
t A St. Louis millionaire passed to
the great beyond the other day and
on the same day a wagon wheel
amputated the big toejof a barefoot
ed negro boy The I'oit-Uisp-dch
was magnanimous enough tosptak
of the hani)nnini;8 in notices of
- i
the same length.
' George F. Buff urn, the president
of the LaCrosB Lumber Co., died
at his home in Louisiana last Mon
dav. Mr. Buffum was widely
known. His acre was 73. He
leaves three children, Frank, Char
leg G. and Mrs. Ada Starks, all re
siding at Louisiana.
An old newspaper man in the
state of Nebraska and a friend of
the Message writes: "1 have look
ed your new pajier thru carefully
and am well pleased with it. It is
my kind of a newspaper. Its make
up, tone politically and otherwise
suits me O. K. Keep it up to its
present standard and the victory
will be yours."
W, M. Pearson, secretaiy of
Mexico Camp Mod. rn Woodmen,
received a draft the other day for
$2,000 in favor of Mrs. James A.
Harrison, account of the death of
her husband recently who wa in
surediathis order. There have
been four deaths in the Mexico
camp wince its organization, and
$8000 have come to this community
in benefits, and ench benefit has
been naid in lefS than 30 days af
ter the death.
J A little miss,
A little kiss,
A little bliss,
A wedding that is splendid.
A little jaw,
A little law,
Back home to ma,
Andlo! the trouble's ended.
Chicago News.
NEW RAILROAD.
Will Come to Mexico. Early
Construction Sur ;
veyors at Work.
The following letter will be en
couraging news as to the buildingi
of that new railroad from the north. I
ts construction would be a help to I
exico The headquarters and I
machine shops of the companv, it I
is understood, are to lie in Mexico: i
To Hon. Orlando Hitt, Mexico, Mo. I
Office of the St. Louis, Iowa
and Northern Railway Co., El-
don, Iowa, Nov. 27, 1800. 1 write
ou that the false rumors may be
ghted, and that we have our corps
of surveyors in the field of Cnlla-
wav county. They will take up I
the line of survey near Reedsville,
and will cross the Missouri river
at the mouth of the Gasconade riv
er. Thence they will go in a south
easterly direction to a junction with
the new survey of the St. Louis,
Kansas City & Colorado Railway!
line.
We haye definite arrangements
with the Colorado line for terminal
facilities in St. Louis over their
in tl.rr.ii.rli Tnion into the Union
depot I
VV W 1.1.......1 our bonds with
the American Trust & Savings
Bank of Chicago. We are figuring
with a number of contractors for
construction and hope to have a
contract signed by Jan. 1, 1900.
Mimh tim hna plnnacil sinon mv
fliBt visit to vour citv, but a vast
amount of hard work has been ac-1
complished. Our arrangements!
are such that we have no hesitancy
in saying that the building of the I
oau uy our company is uu ussureu
1 i . : . J I
fact. When complete and in oper-1
ation, we will have direct connec
tion with St. Louis, Little Rock,
Kansas Citv. Des Moines and Chi
cago.
We are using our best eudeavors
or eany construction, anu wneu a
ontract is signed I will visit your
ity and close up our deal and re-
. .. -
deem our promise in full.
Truly vours,
J. E. Houohland,
Second Vice President.
Munlcpal Electric Lighting.
The Message is in favor of the
city of Mexico owning her public
utilities, and we are glad to see the
City Council moving for the own-1
ership of the electric light plant
is not leading but only following
in this matter. Look around you,
will you, and see the other Mis-
smiri cities that own Itheir electric
,. , , , a rv.n. I
ugm plants, ami'uuuij, ruauu,
A, .
moany uuu u..iu. .u
list. We have heard of no fault-
finding with the plan from any of
them.
We are not posted on how much
.nir nf ihw cities is making or
i... n.. k
.. i... u;i u..,fQ;,lfl,i
ti-w, s- ,. i..9tfliu. from Logans-
imrt. Indiana. The renort of the
oitv oWrric lirrht nlant for that
town for 1898, shows a total ex
nense for all purposes of $13,907!
The receipts were $35,110 a net
profit of $18,215, or 18 percent on
the investment. The plant cost
$108,048. The cost of an incan-
descent light to consumers is 90c
a year or VA cents a monthj
These figures can be confirmed by
sending to the city clerk of Log-
ansnortfor detailed report.
But we thiuk there is no need of
going so rar ior ine ucces-
sary encouragement and facts.
Lt the Citv Council of Mexico
follow up the investigations begun.
They will find gladsome response
from the oeonle if there can be
any saving, and that a saving can
be found the Message has not the
least fear.
Mr. B. A. Thornberg of Mexico,
is at the bedside of her daughter,
wife of Dr. W. A. Steel, at Car-
mln, ill., wno is senouaiy aica.
Later. Mrs. Steele died Tues-
day afternoon at 3:30 o clock.
3:30 o'clock
The consulting physician thought
her disease appendicitis. Mrs
Steele's maiden name was Alice
Thornburg. She leaves two small
children, both girls. Dr. W. A.
Steele, the husband, is a son oi u.
T. Steele at Laddonia.
Miss Lilv Steele, at' Laddouia,
j.n..i-n.ialv iilcW with Ihrt tvnhoid
. r
fever, late yesterday wai no bet-
ter
i w Woila Am mI hw home
west of Mexico Tuesday of typhoid
fever. Be bad been ill for some
time.
Our Country Cousins
IridOsDil.
Mrs. Sarah Cook, who ia in Kan-
saa City for medical treatment,
will return home this week.
Mrs. R. W. Pearson who spent I
the past month in Louisiana for I
mod leal trontmnnt. returnml home
last week She was much fatigu-
ed when she first arrived, but is
orowin? stronger.
Mrs. A. C. Mendenhall is im
proving from her late illness, and
Miss Lillie Steele is about the
same. She improves very slowly.
The people are beginning to
think more seriously about the
smallpox and most of them don't
want any visitors to come here
from Wellsville. Paris or Martins-
burg. New cases have been re-
ported from Wellsville and Paris,
We think it time our town should
guard against it.
Mrs. Lida Frank and three
I ..ft. M .1 - t ! .!.: a .1 1 I
i
nnuren, or urexieo, visiieu rem-
fives here the nrst or the week,
I pi i. :., : i.,.i.i: n .,..;
UIUTT1 niuv-w as iiifauiiig a dcuuo
01 meetings at me rresDyienan
church.
A gospel temperance meeting
was heut at the Baptist church
last Saturday evening, and one also
at the Christian church Sunday
evening. The first was under the
auspicies or the W. l. u.
Air. and Airs. Lurt Stevens are
the happy parents of a little babv
girl that came Sunday night to
gladden their home.
VV bat is the matter with our
marriageable peoDlet No pros
pects of any weddings this winter
The young ladies, many of them,
are earning good wages, and they
say they haven't time to get inar-
rjed. it takes time to entertain
and to prepare for it. Home of
our young men are hunting employ-
l
meut, and many have left for new
places to hunt work. Those v ho
remain at home are doing their
best to find work on farms or in
town.
We have no crap shooters here
They have either shot all their
pennies away or found that the
trade was made up of loss and
gaint but m08tiy of the former.
Now and then a lonely crap shooter
can be found, but like angels'
visits, they are few aud long be-
Moling.
Frank Dowel and Mr. Jones
who went to Texas county some
weeks bco write back to their
, , -, lU . ., .
friends that they arrived there safe-
ly Both got them a good farm
ftn: .hpan. and that thev are
well pleased with the country.
Ira Ellis who rented his farm
last spring and moved to Mexico,
I t 1 1 A. X A. !
" now uougui nis renter uut
and is moving back to it. He
I savs town is no place for him.
That is right, Ira, stick to your
iarm.
Win. Cauthorn and sisters, Miss-
a .... ...
es Nina and Pauline, visited their
Uncle's family, Beard Price, last
Sunday.
The Crawford sale was well at-
tended. Every thing brought a
BOod price. Mr. Crawford will
go to Paris. His brother-in-law,
Mr. Palmers, will go to Texas.
This will be a great loss to the
Long Branch church, as they have
all held their membership there
for a number of years.
Mr patterson will have a sale
: tlie neftr future ana w,u m0ve
wt mVl wa iaa ,nMh.r
Lxeeljeut fftmiy.
i iicni m. uia nv w hi "
Ray Ferris, of Mexico, spent
several davs last week with his
friend Wm. Weaver in this com
munity.
Dr. Auston. of Hallsville, was
back to Molino shaking hands with
old friends recently.
Uncle Jim Beam has been very
busy sawiug wood for tne last
three or four weeks.
Mra Margaret Baker is the
0f her daughter Mrs. Felix
Martin thin wBfik.
' ' " i
father.
Qrge Teague shipped a car load
of cattl(J lttgt satarday and Mr.
Lewellen shipped a car load of hogs.
When one waa ready to load he
fnnnl apveral tons of oflall in a
I
state of decomposition in the car,
and having only a few minutes was
Inhliowl in load his how on it. Our
citizens were glad the filthy stuft
was not unloaded in oar town.
I
Mrs Noal is verv sick with ty
Spicy News from Various
Parts of the County
phoid fever
Alonzo Huntly is also very low
with typhoid fever.
The board of school directors had
lue flr tne senior department
hd the lock ou the front door re
paired. So the door can be conve
niently opened and closed.
The Coal Co- is making things
lively. No idle hands in town now.
Our widows cannot get men to saw
or cut their stove wood.
J. B. Sykes has started his mill
again and is making new meal out
of new corn .
There are a number of fine strav
shoats hunting their rations in the
west part of Farber. Wonder
some person doesn't take them up
and try to make their winter's meat
of them. Hogs are in demand,
but they are very annoying when
loose on the commons.
Our school boys have nearly all
1 1 A 1 J . I
icarncu iu siiiokc cigareus, cuew
tobacco, smoke cigars, aud many
L ...... . i.
iui uii'iii vuu i.ur uiu 1111 j i it.
Amos Sutton shipped a car load
of cattle this week
Our Lumber office was closed
Tuesday and black crape on the
door knob indicating that the pres-
iJtMit of the company was dead.
Wesley Chapel
Wilmer Anderson is home from
Central in where he has been visit
ing his sister, Mr. Angell.
James Faires and wife are visit-
ing air. uuntiy oi raruer who is
quite sick.
J. R. Hixou is home from Ohio.
F. L. LaForce of Worcester, will
build a hall for the Modern Wool
men in the near future.
The Baptists will have an oytH
supper Thanksgiving night in the
Galbrath buildim? at Worcester.
r'
Miss Fannie Dickey ot Laddonia
ft
MEXICO
- - MISSOURI.
SCENES AT CAPE TOWN.
Missouri Mule Dealer
De
crlbes South African
Affairs.
Paris, Mo., Nov. 28. Vauglian
Hmock. a Alissonrian, and a na
tive of this (Monroe) county, has
just returned from a trip to South
Africa, where he went in July with
a shipload of Misnnuri mules and
jacks. He h ft on lm return trip
on October 15, and haa much to
W of the Stirling evenU now
i , , , . . . . . 0 . .
transpiring in tu'H hcciioii oi trie
world
Cecil Rhodes boiijiht the entire
shipload of mule that Smock took
to South Africa, paying $800
apiece (or jacks that were bought
for 1 150 in thU country. Before
ue jeft m. $50,000 was
offered bv the Boers for Cecil
Rhodes, dead or alive.
Mr. Smock says the lioers are
big, sturdy men, and that while
most of the Cape Towu Dutch are
opposed to the war, many of their
Bon9 are fiirbiinir with Joul rt.
The British troops he saw were fine
looking voung men, most Jof them
not over 22 yea" old, and many
looking to he from 10 to 18
"It look ," he says, "at If Eng
nd were sending schoolboys to
I flzht the Brim men of the Irans-
i o
I vaal.'
The people at Cape Town thought
at first tlut one or two small bat-
ties would end the war, and that
I. .. a .
theUoers would then lay uown
their arms, but they now expect a
Is visiting at R. L. Days.
George Williams of near Laddo-
nia spent Sunday with James An
derson.
The enterprising stock mau of
Laddouia, A. K. Dick, was in the
vicinity of Plddlitown lait Monday
gathering up a load of hogs for
which he paid from 93.10 to $3.40.
Miss Lida Gibson of Mexico, spent
Saturday and Sunday with John
Hanger's family.
Champ.
Mis-s Bird Thomas is entertaining
her cousin Mis Bailie Connor, of
Concord.
Artie Stevenson is home from a
year's stay in Oklahoma.
Albert Kimpson is ou the sick
lUt.
Elder S. D. Butcher will conduct
a revival meeting at lletliel church
beginning Dec. 4th.
Mrs. C. Dean and little daughter
Jennie, are home from a visit to
Mrs. Dean's parents in lloone conn-
ty.
Vandatla.
Elijah Galloway, an old aud re
spected citizen, died at his home
in this citv last Wednesday, at the
age of 72. Deleaves a wife and
two sons. Mr. Galloway was
born in Indiana, came to Missouri
iu 18.")0 and had lived in this coun
ty ever since.
Mrs. John Bear, recently of Mid
dletown and formerly from Ohio,
died in this city last Friday. Aged
71 years.
E. M.I Ionian came in from Dent
county with one hundred and one
feeding cattle aud will feed them
on his farm north of town.
The Bohrer Bros, shipped a car
load of mnl. s to St. Louis last
Friday.
Melyiu Webb is building him
a ueat cottage ou the Ferguson
block in North Vaudalia.
J is. F.)r.vster is buildiiii a new
livery stable in the rear of the
city Hotel.
It is t-aid that there ar. two
Bii Salo Jit Mflceil Prices'
On
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kit
AND
Going On Now
AT
JOE
long and bitter struggle.
All the Americans in Cape towu
are in sympathy with the Englinh,
and both Americans and English
there, as well an in Loudon, where
he stopped for a week on his return
home, believe then is an actual al
liance hot wciii the United Slates
aud Great Britain. The English,
especially, he says, are building
much hope ou this f.ict.
South Africa, Mr. Smock thinks,
presents at this day the best field iu
the. world for money nuking, and
American iiiiiIim are iu MM'ciul de
mand. He saw Prink White, a
termer Monroe county boy aud
well kiiiwn groceiy druinuu-r of
North Missouri, and ssy that
White l)U4 secured valuable army
contracts anil is gftliug rich.
Wood xclU for $40 a cord in Capo
Town; a livery team costs $25 a
day, and board is $20 a week.
There is u it a tree iu Smith Africa,
Mr. Sm ick says, not planted by hu
man hands.
Hen Cauth.uii of Mexico enter
tained a bur) tr unawares Tuesday
uii'ht. Tiie iutrii h r entered by a
window and procured just $11.20
Twenty-eight cents of that belong
ed to til little 5 year old sou of
Itos C iutlioni, which the father tin
doiibtcdly will lu ve lo repay. The
$11.01 w.wfoiin l in Mr. Beu Cau-
thoru's pautaloous pocket. The
pantaloons were carried outside the
nous and thrown down. Nothine
else about the pri-m'ses disturlmd,
except a piece of meat missing.
When the proper time comes
H. L. Bickley will be heard from
cases or smallpox among some
ngro son Cuiver, near Gaiette, anJ
our town authorties have quaran
tined against that neighborhood.
Everything qniet aud business
dull.
The price of broom corn has
advauced, so the broom manufact
ure say, from $00 to 1200 per ton.
The trust has declared to raise the
pricj of brooms in like propo.
lion.
Prairie lea.
On a recent trip over the north-lone
wst nart of our roiiutv we find
, .. . .,,
better crops than we eipected.
Wm. Pitman who lives near Skin-
tter is gathering from teu to eleveu
barrels to the acre. He and his
boys are crihlng twelye loads per
day averaging thirty five bushels
per acre. The boys about the lit
tle burg for miles around will col
lect at the little town aud choose
un hides and spend I ho day iu a
big hunt this evening, Wednesday.
They will count the quails and rab-
bits aud the losiiiff aid will have
to furni-h two bushels of oysters.
A grand time is expected.
J. L. C
Mrs. K. R. Arnold, who has Ix-en
seriously ill for come time, has
been taken to the Mullnnphy hos-
pital in St. Louis for treatment. It
is earnestly honed that sho may
8 ion recover. I
Frank M. Quiuu, of near 1'erry, I
who has been at the asylum at
Fulton for some months, is restor
ed to health and passed thru Mex
ico yesterday on his return home.
Judge Richard Phillips, a pio
neer citizen of Western Audrain,
died at the hoiua ot his daughter,
Mrs. Ben Hardin, in Kansas City,
Monday afternoon.
Johu Houk, aged 45, died Mon
day night at his home iu north Mex
ico, tie uad been sick lor some
time. The body was interred at
Benton City.
B. U. Middleton of Mexico
bought forty horses aud mules in
the vicinity of Columbia last week.
& VIC EARTH'S.
in the raco as a candidate for
Prosecuting Attorney of the conn
tv.
Rush Hill news letter too lute
for this issue.
Workmen are putting iu tin
new C. & A. bridge over Salt
Kiver, just east of Mexico
The St. Louis Post -Dispatch
published pictures of two Hardin
College ladies last Mimlav, .Misses
Mary Hoiit.i und Ida I 'it .ell.
The case ol W. II. lriplelt vs.
Mrs. I. J. Sims occupied about three
dnys before acting Justice ('luster
in the Circuit Court room this
week. The jury failed to agren
About 00 witnesses were examined..
A new trial next week.
It looks us tlio a I noun crisis is
at hand
It is represented that the
island's alfairs are chaot ic and t hat
un uprising of the natives to fight
for independence seems imminent.
Now we wonder if it is the plan to
aggravate the Cubans till they are
forced to precipitate trouble, as
was the case in the Philippines.
OkWt Uquor TrmBo.
Ohio, with th Dow law, was tb plo-
naar iUU la aaUblUhla tb axclM
syatatn upon which ths llalnei law la
Naw York is bd, and from reports
filed with tba ctl auditor la Oolum
but It appaars that thara ara bow la
CXblo 10.K74 aaloous. a salu of 698 ovar
tba numbar la tha returns ot a yaal
ego. Ths yearly tnoma of tha elate
from the Dow law la SMI.U6.es.
American farmers owa cows to the
value of 1369.289.998, a sum equal to
more than one-half of the capital of
all ths national banks la the United
States.
IS
AGRICUL1
CUerlag- tm4 Wlthoat OrabbUf.
The destruction of forest timber ty
mean other than grubbing the trees
out has, tor many years, been an object
for research by experimentalists, and
various reclpea have been given as In
fallible but there has always been a
flaw somewhere, and the discovery has
come to nought There Is. however,
method of getting rid of heavy
timber which has proved successful.
I although very alow, and consequently
L,n only be dop' wher, tt ceMl.
ty does not exist for speJy work, says
the Queensland Agricultural Oatette.
Borne doten acres at Woody Point
have been cleared of very large trees,
some white gums especially having a
diameter of from six to seven feet The
land was heavily timbered, and yet
was cleared at a coat of about 16a. per
acre. The owner, who Is fond ot max
Ing experiments In this line, found la
an American paper a process of de-
t0 tr- u on hu Und; Wlln an ,ncn
auger he bored deep holes In the trees
ana nll powdered salt
petre. He then plugged up the holes,
and on examining them some weeks
afterward be found that the salt had
been entirely absorbed. He replenished
the holes two or three times and waited
to see the trees wither. Instead ot this,
to his great regret, he found that they
had Increased In density and beauty
of foiUg9- Tne BftU leeme(1 t0 nave
given them new life, as It was carried
w,th th circulating sap from roots to
I leaves. Evldentlr aomethlnc was
.,, in.. im. ha m rumAian
gentleman to whom he casually men-
tloned his experiment, and expressed
his opinion that he could not have read
the recipe correctly. The Canadian,
however, told him that he waa quite
right Saltpetre was the only Ingre
dient used, snd thousanda ot acres were
cleared by Its use In Canada What had
to be done, however, after the salt
had been carried through the trees was
to rlngbark them, and when they were
dead to fire them. The Woody Point
man set to work and carried out the
rlngbarklng. When the treea Were
quite dead be set them on Ore. with the
result that the trees burned completely
out even to the farthest tips ot the
roots. Before all were burned out
heavy ralna came on and awamped the
stump holes, putting out the fires, but
the experiment was a decided success.
HbHl la CuU.
Experiments with winter wheat un
der the direction ot the Ontario Agri
cultural union give reaulta which mar
be summarised aa followa:
1. In average yield per acre, Daw-
son's Clolden Cbaff stood highest
among eleven varieties tested over On
tario In 1H93, among nine varletlea in
each of the years 1694, 18C and 186,
and among seven varieties In each of
the years 1897, IBIS and 1899.
2. In the co-operative experiments
for 1899. Stewart's Champion Boarded
Winter Fife, and Dawaon'a Oolden
Chaff came through the winter the beat,
the Golden Drop the poorest.
S. Early Red Clawaon ana Imperial
Amber were the first, and the Bearded
Winter Fife and Btewart'a Champion
were the last, to mature In 1899.
4. Dawaon'a Uolden Chaff and Early
Qoneasee Qlaut possessed the stronguat
straw, aud the Bearded Winter Fife the
weakest in the teats ot the present
year.
6. Htewart'a Champion and Beard
ed Winter Fife produced the longest,
and the Golden Drop the ahorteat,
straw In 1899.
6. Iu the co-operative experiments
of each ot the paat alx years, Dawson's
Golden Chaff was one ot the least, and
the Early Geueesee Giant was one of
the moat, affected by rust.
7. In 1899 all varletlea were practi
cally free from smut, as tba seed used
wus so free from smut spores.
8. Stewart's Champion and Daw-
sou's Golden Cbaff produced the plump
est, and Imperial Amber and Early Red
Clawsou the most shrunken, grain In
this year's tests.
9. Btewart'a Champion and Daw-
aou'a Golden Chaff were the mo.it popu
lar varieties, and the golden drop the
least populur, with the experimenters
In 1899.
10. During the paat seven years Dew -
sons Golden Chaff baa beuu an ex
ceedingly popular variety with the
farmers wbu have been conducting
tbene co-operative experiments
throughout Ontario.
Flax Burn. The Agricultural Insti
tute of Gembloux, Belgium, bas made
exbauHtlve reaearch Into the nature of
the malady knowu as "flax burn." aud
bas learned that this disease arlsee
from a "microscopic fuugous growth
living In the cella ot the roots." Thore
U no method of direct treutmeut, as
the parasite la Internal aud subter
raneous. '1 be use ordlnereut manures
has given no aullsfaetory result. The
only remedy Is to deatroy "the dls-
mumaiI i.IhiiIi ho that the ifHrma will nut
ipreud; to abandon the culture of flax
ou the Infected soil at least seven or
eight years; alau to avoid plautlug
turulpa In the soil abandoned, aa they
are thought to harbor ths parasite."
Rpelts Wheat. At the experiment
atatloa In North Dakota spelts wheal
Is being tested. Trealdent Worst says
It's raised with great success on the
Missouri slope, yields greater thaa
oats, stands drouth better aad Is adapt
ed to the climate of both North and
South Dakota.
HeeghM W rantoaa Mae.
ere are the heights of some fa
loaa bmbi Burke. 6 ft. 10 la.;
fens. ft. 10 In.; Sir K. Barton, over
ft; Mr Walter Raleigh, 6 ft; reter
the ereas. i IV 8H la.; Thackeray,
ft 4 rau Lincoln, 6 ft 1 In.; George
Washington, 6 ft I In.; Lord Beaoons
eld. 4 ft f la.; Byron, ft. 8H la.;
Veatalre, ft f In.; Wellington. ft
t la.; Balsas, S ft. 4 In.; Beethoven,
ft 4 In.; Keats, ( ft; Napoleon, 6 ft
494 In.; Nelson, t ft 4 In.; De Qulncey,
B ft I In.